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JACOB H; SHEAR, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 62,695,1111ttd March 5, 18b7.

ASH AND SIPTING PAN FOR COOKING STOVES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB H. SHEAR, of the city and county of Albany, inthe State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cooking Stoves, which may also be applied to heating stoves andranges; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexeddrawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The drawing represents a vertical longitudinal section of a cookingstove embracing my invention.

A is the fire-chamber, and A the fire-grate. B is a pan which receivesall the ashes, coals, and cinders falling through the fire-grate, and Bis a sliding grated bottom to said pan, which may be vibrated by slidingit back and forward, independently of the pan of which it forms thebottom, or it maybe 'so constructed and arranged as to oscillateindependently of the pan. F is a vacant space back of said receivingpan, to allow its sliding grated bottom room to vibrate, and a is anopening in the front plate of the box, into which said receiving pansits, to allow a proper instrument to be inserted to vibrate oroscillate the grated bottom B. C is the lower ash-pan, which receivesthe sifted ashes, after passing through the grated bottom of pan B, andH His the box in the hearth into which .both of said pans sit. E is aninclined plate which conducts all the ashes, coals, and cinders fallingthrough the fire-grateinto the receiving pan B, and D is a movablecover, which when in place prevents any ashes or dust from escaping intothe room. The ash-pans B and C are both provided with bails, shown incross-section at b and b, by which they can be lifted out of theirseats, and replaced therein at pleasure. The upper or receiving ash-panB has its upper edge, on the side next to the inclined plate E, closelyfitted to said inclined plate by a lap-joint, shown at c, and the otherthree sides of the box H, in which it sits, being all inclined inwardlike a hopper, and the corresponding sides of said pan inclining inwardstill more than the sides of the box, the rim of the pan fits into thebox so as to make a perfectly tightjoint. The ash-pan C is of the sameform as the lower part of the box H in which it sits. The cover D fitsclosely to the hearth, all round the three sides of the box H, abovementioned, and to the front plate K, of the stove, above the opening 0,through which the ashes, cinders, 350., descend to the receiving ash-panB, so that no ashes or dust can rise from said pan and escape into theroom even when the grate is agitated.

I am aware that two sliding ash-pans, one above the other, have beenlocated similarly to mine, the upper ash-pan having a grated bottom, butin no instance of which I am aware have two ash-pans ever been soplaced, one above the other the upper one having a vibrating oroscillating grated bottom, and so constructed and arranged that bothcould be lifted out of their box seat by means of bails, and replaced bythe same means.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The sloping plate under the fire-chamber, in combination with aclosely fitted lifting receiver, having an independently vibrating oroscillating grated bot-tom for sifting the ashes, substantially in themanner and for the purposes above described. 7

2. I claim the detachable lifting receiver, with a vibrating oroscillating grated bottom fitting closely to the hearth, and to thesloping plate under the fire-chamber, for the purposes within described,in combination with the lifting ash-pan underneath, to receive the ashesduring the sifting of the same.

3. I claini the detachable lifting receiver, with the vibrating oroscillating grated bottom, in combination with the lifting ash-panunderneath, and the.vacant space or chamber F, between the receiver andthe front of the oven, to give the grate room to vibrate outside of thereceiver, substantially as shown and described.

4. I claim the detachable lifting receiver, having a vibrating oroscillating grated bottom, constructed in the manner substantially asand for the purpose above described. JACOB H. SHEAR.

Witnesses:

FRANK LEONARD, O. A. SHEAR.

